Florida Attempting to Regulate Private Lending
What You Need to Know and What you can do In 2008, the United States Congress passed the Safe and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (SAFE Act), which required all state regulators to regulate [...]
17 Tips for a Productive 2018
What exactly is productivity? In terms of motivation, let’s define it as doing what you need to get done in the perfect amount of time and with the right amount of effort. Of course, the perfect [...]
AAPL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced the winners of the 2017 AAPL Excellence Awards at the organization’s 2017 annual conference on Nov. 14 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. AAPL's Awards Committee selected [...]
Lending and renting are alternative approaches with intriguing similarities
As someone whose roots are firmly planted in the world of private lending, you may be ready to tackle the real estate market, even if you may not know it! The principles of asset management [...]
Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing: Loan-To-Own Underwriting (Part 2 of 3)
Trust deed investing is generally considered a safe investment, but there are risks—just as there are for any investment. In this three-part series, we are tackling some of those risks. PITFALL #2 – Loan-to-Own Underwriting [...]
Understanding the New Tax Laws
How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impact private lending and construction. President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) on Dec. 22, 2017, ushering in major changes to the Internal [...]
AAPL Member Spotlight | Jeff Tesch
Jeff's dedication to promoting transparency throughout the private lending industry plus his tireless commitment to putting customers first has earned him a spot in AAPL's January Member Spotlight. As an inaugural member of AAPL’s Ethics [...]
Bitcoin Investing with Retirement Funds
If you’ve been watching the news lately then you know one of the largest topics being discussed is cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, Dash – the list seems to continue forever. As an individual retirement [...]
How to Reduce Losses Through Active Forbearance
When a borrower’s renovation project and loan payments stall, the knee-jerk reaction of many private lenders is to initiate foreclosure. That’s a lengthy and expensive process in most jurisdictions that ends when the lender takes [...]
Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing
Part 1 of a 3-part series: Conflict of Interest The comments are all too familiar. “It’s too good to be true...” “You’re going to lose all my money in that real estate deal…” “Trust deed [...]
CoreVest Announces Inaugural Deal with Freddie Mac
CoreVest, the leading lender to residential real estate investors, announced that it has recently been approved under a pilot program with the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac") to provide enhanced liquidity in the [...]
Ethical Issues & Social Responsibility in Private Lending
While private lenders are the oldest form of financing, the banking industry gained prestige and influence year over year. Ask anyone where they can get financing for projects and most will say a bank. Bank [...]
PeerStreet’s Brew Johnson Named 2017 HousingWire Vanguard Award Winner
PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, is honored to announce that its Co-Founder and CEO, Brew Johnson, has been named to HousingWire’s 2017 list of Vanguard Award winners. HousingWire’s 2017 Vanguard [...]
Sharestates Launches One Click Closing Option
Sharestates, an online real estate investment marketplace, announced the launch of its new One Click Closing tool, a feature that will allow return borrowers to visit a page where they can upload all the details [...]
The Impact of Severe Weather on Real Estate Prices
National trends provide some answers, but every local market is different. By Mark Melikian Predicting real estate prices can be like predicting the weather. We can analyze all the major national trends, see where the [...]
To Bank, or Not to Bank?
Construction, commercial and land financing in today’s climate By Jeff Levin Things have gotten noticeably chillier when it comes to bank loans for the construction, commercial real estate and land markets. Developers are suddenly getting [...]
American Association of Private Lenders Announced 2017 Excellence Award Winners
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL), the only national organization dedicated to excellence in private real estate lending, has announced the winners of the 2017 AAPL Excellence Awards. The awards were announced at AAPL’s [...]
Securities and Exchange Commission Moving Forward on Standard Fiduciary Rule
Harmonizing their rule with DOL is a priority. After Republican lawmakers pushed hard for a postponement of implementation, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a delay to the applicability of certain fiduciary rule conditions [...]
Personal Growth and Motivation: Tools for Reaching New Heights
Anthony Geraci shares his motivations, how he’s been able to grow his ventures and create a strong legacy. “What motivates me is that I get to work with my friends, and together [we] get to [...]
PeerStreet Continues to Expand Resources and Technology Services to Lenders
Private lenders who work with PeerStreet can access a platform to make their business more efficient PeerStreet, an award-winning platform for investing in real estate backed loans, is excited to announce that it is aggressively [...]
